Wednesday WTF

Like a Turducken, This Florida Home is Stuffed With a Helicopter, a Car, And a Plane

By Mimi Perez / May 1, 2024 /

It should come as no surprise that the turducken was created in the South. Only in the South would someone stuff a deboned chicken into a deboned duck and then take that combination and jam it into a deboned turkey. Former football coach and commentator John Madden ripped into one with his bare hands so…

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Colorado Home Will Leave You Gobsmacked And Counting Chandeliers

By Mimi Perez / April 24, 2024 /

To be overwhelmed with wonder and surprise is to be gobsmacked. Boys and girls, gobsmacked is the word of the day — at least the word that offers the best description for how you will feel after you see the house featured in this week’s column. I know, I know, I can sense the doubt…

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Whimsy, Wonder, And Elvis Help Sell This Washington State Home

By Mimi Perez / April 17, 2024 /

It has been 29 years since my husband, Gus, and I renewed our wedding vows in Las Vegas with an Elvis impersonator. It was held at the Graceland Wedding Chapel. We had our pick of Elvis impersonators. We went with the young, skinny Elvis wearing a white jumpsuit covered in rhinestones with a cape and…

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Malibu Home Makes You Feel Like An Uncomfortable Geranium

By Mimi Perez / April 10, 2024 /

As we get older our priorities tend to change. For instance, at this point in time I am prioritizing comfort. Comfortable clothes. Comfortable shoes. Comfortable bras. If it is not comfortable I am truly not interested. You see, I do not have to do this move anymore because my bras are comfortable. I digress. It…

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Tchotchkes And More Tchotchkes Dominate This Canadian Home

By Mimi Perez / April 3, 2024 /

The house featured in this week’s column serves as a personal cautionary tale. You see, nothing gets me going like tchotchkes. It is a heck of an admission to make but it is an honest one. It does not matter the trip, I always have to come back with one or two, maybe more, tchotchkes,…

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